After forcing a three and out on
Jenison's first drive, East Grand Rapids (6-3, 3-2 in OK White) drove
83 yards on 9 plays and capped it off with a 1-yard TD run from Bryce
Henkey. QB Mikey Roth hit Mason Banbury over the middle for 31-yards
down to the Jenison (1-8, 0-5 in OK White) 1-yard line to set up the TD.
The
teams forced punts back and forth until the 2nd quarter and then EGR
was able to put together another scoring drive. Ben Wollet forced
Jenison's Joe Rambo to fumble and the Pioneers recovered on the Jenison
35-yard line. Two Bryce Henkey 11-yard runs and a 17-yard run from Drew
Hollerbach put East Grand Rapids inside the Jenison 10. Two plays
later, Henkey ran it in from 3 yards out giving East Grand Rapids a
14-0 lead with 8:33 left in the 2nd quarter.
With
2:16 left in the half, Jenison's Brock Bethke picked off Mikey Roth
after the pass deflected off the outstretched hands of Gourney Sloan. A
few plays later the Wildcats tried a reverse pass, but Brock Bethke's
pass was picked off by Avery Jennings with 1:36 left in the half.
Mikey
Roth then completed a 29-yard pass down the sidelines to Jon Olsson, an
11-yard out route to Michael Clifford, and then a 17-yard TD pass to
Mason Banbury with 26 seconds left. Roth rolled out to his right and
threw back to the middle of the field finding Banbury for six. East
Grand Rapids took a 21-0 lead into the break.
AJ
Zawacki started the 2nd half with a 61-yard kickoff return for the
Pioneers to set EGR up at the Jenison 36-yard line. After 11-yard runs
by Mikey Roth and Mike Johnston the Pioneers were inside the 20. Three
plays later Mikey Roth's 1-yard QB sneak gave EGR a 28-0 lead with 9:15
left in the 3rd.
On
the first play of the next possession, Brennan Burke picked off a
tipped pass from Mason Ippel and the Pioneers took over. On the next
play from scrimmage, QB Mikey Roth hit a wide open AJ Zawacki on a
corner route for the 31-yard TD and a 35-0 lead for East Grand Rapids.
Jenison's
Alex Perez picked off QB Mikey Roth late in the 3rd and the Wildcats
capitalized on the drive that spilled into the 4th quarter. Ippel hit
Joe Rambo over the middle and Rambo ran 85 yards down to the 3-yard
line before being brought down by Michael Clifford. Brock Bethke
punched it in from 3-yards out to make it 35-7 with 10:48 left in the
game.
EGR
responded with a heavy dose of running back Matt Ellis, who carried the
ball ten consecutive times and finished an 80-yard drive with a 19-yard
TD run making it 42-7 with 6:04 left.
On
their next drive, the Wildcats once again found the end zone and this
time it was with a TD pass. Mason Ippel hit Mike Persak on a slant
route for a 25-yard TD making it 42-14 with 1:31 left in the game.
The
Pioneers then ran the clock out, picking up their 6th win and East
Grand Rapids secured themselves a playoff spot.
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